Legal Counsel Director

Job title:

Legal Counsel Director

Company

Endo

Job description

Why Endo?We want the best and brightest people at Endo to help us achieve our mission to develop and deliver life-enhancing products through focused execution. Our nearly 3,000 global team members understand the important role we play in delivering healthcare and are dedicated to supporting each other as we work to bring the best treatments forward. Our shared values of Integrity & Quality, Innovation, Drive, Collaboration and Empathy guide our team and enable us to deliver upon our vision of helping everyone we serve live their best life.At Endo, we are building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, and we are looking for talented individuals to join our team.Job Description SummaryThe Legal Counsel Director & Assistant Company Secretary is the lead legal partner for Endo Dublin and is a member of Endo Dublin’s Senior Leadership Team & the Endo Legal Leadership Team. This role provides pragmatic and appropriate legal advice on all Endo Dublin’s legal matters and develops strategy across a broad range of practice areas.The Legal Counsel Director & Assistant Company Secretary works cross-functionally with other global departments, with a primary responsibility for global Supply Chain Operations; driving high quality contracting with third parties across all areas of global sourcing and working cross-functionally to provide effective advice, strategy, and problem-solving solutions to complex matters to achieve optimal outcomes for Endo, while managing appropriate levels of risk.The Legal Counsel Director and Assistant Company Secretary is also responsible for day-to-day legal matters arising in Ireland and is a key point of contact for Irish legal input on global strategic initiatives. This role assists the Secretary with company secretarial and other corporate governance matters ex-US and ex-India.Job DescriptionOperations

• Support the planning and implementation of Endo Dublin elements of key strategic projects; provide key inputs in cross-functional teams for internal projects to identify/analyze legal issues and provide legal options and solutions; provide pragmatic advice to achieve business and legal objectives.
• Support Human Resources with general HR queries, drafting local policies, local input on global policies, negotiating Service Agreements with talent acquisition vendors, strategic initiative advice, corporate care requirements, ex-pat queries, immigration issues (with external counsel), residential leases, TUPE issues.
• Support facilities with vendor agreements, commercial lease advice, fit-out agreements, and other project specific issues.
• Ensure day-to-day operations comply with existing policies and procedures in relation to entity management and tax planning.
• Support Paladin and Endo USA PV teams with review of SDEAs/PV Agreements from Irish law perspective. Support Paladin regulatory teams with review of Health Canada documents to be entered into by EOL.
• As a member of Endo Dublin’s senior & operational leadership teams, participate in developing direction and strategy for Endo Dublin as Endo’s strategic hub to build a high performance organization.

30%Contracts

• Draft, review, and negotiate various types of commercial, quality, supply, customer, settlement and other agreements between Endo Dublin or its affiliates (including Paladin) and third parties.
• Provide guidance to Strategic Sourcing teams in relation to overall contract strategy and mitigation of risks for Endo.
• Provide expert counsel, management, and strategy for the resolution of contractual and other quality/supply chain disputes, including drafting termination and settlement agreements in respect thereof.
• Work collaboratively with other departments/functions to ensure that the concerns of each function are addressed in agreements and resolution of disputes.
• Advise departments/functions on terms and conditions of existing agreements, proactively provide advice in relation to gaps and measures required to mitigate risk.
• Ensure new agreements are entered into by the appropriate Endo entity, liaising with Endo Tax/Endo IP where necessary; ensure compliance with internal policies.

55%General Corporate Matters/ Governance/ Tax

• Act as company director and Assistant Company Secretary for Endo’s Irish subsidiaries managed from Ireland and others as required.
• Assist with maintaining organizational compliance with Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); lead Endo Dublin GDPR initiatives as they arise.
• Assist Tax department with drafting and reviewing intracompany agreements, and other ad hoc tax driven requirements.

10%Miscellaneous

• Manage outside counsel.

5%Education & ExperienceMinimal acceptable level of education, work experience and certifications required for the job

• Minimum Irish law degree.
• Minimum 11 years’ post-qualified experience at a law firm and/or in-house.
• Admitted to practice law in Ireland.

KnowledgeProficiency in a body of information required for the jobe.g. knowledge of FDA regulations, GMP/GLP/GCP, Lean Manufacturing, Six-Sigma, etc.

• Expert knowledge of contract law.
• Knowledge of local employment law.
• Knowledge of GDPR.
• Knowledge of Irish corporate legal requirements.

Skills&AbilitiesOften referred to as “competencies”, leadership attributes, skills, abilities or behaviors that may be enterprise, functional or job specific e.g. coaching, negotiation, calibration, technical writing etc.

• Initiative – Volunteers readily; undertakes self-development activities; seeks increased responsibilities; takes independent actions and calculated risks; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; asks for and offers help when needed.
• Problem Solving – Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations.
• Technical Skills – Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others.
• Oral Communication – Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; demonstrates presentation skills; participates substantively in meetings.
• Written Communication – Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; able to read and interpret written information.
• Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to other views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; able to build morale and group commitment to goals; supports everyone’s efforts to succeed.
• Ethics – Treats people with respect; keeps commitments and confidences; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and ethically; upholds organizational values.
• Strategic Thinking – Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; understands organization’s strengths & weaknesses; analyzes market and competition; identifies external threats and opportunities; adapts strategy to changing conditions.
• Quality – Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Innovation – Displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others’ attention.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:At Endo, our diversity unites and empowers us as One Team, and we are committed to cultivating, and valuing, each person’s unique perspective. We actively promote a culture of inclusion that draws strength from our broad spectrums of diversity, including race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, color, sexual orientation, disability status, age, and all our other unique characteristics, qualifications, demonstrated skills, achievements, and contributions, backgrounds, experiences, cultures, styles, and talents.

Expected salary

Location

Ireland

Job date

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 04:54:30 GMT

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